Improved raging-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVED PAGlNG-MACHINE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 13,302, dated July 24, 1855.-

To all whom, 15 may concer/z:

Be it known that I, F. O. DEGENER, of New York, in thc county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Numbering-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference thereon, all of which form a part of this specification.

The same letter of reference always designates the same part of the machine in all the figures.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the machine. A is the machine with all the working parts. B B are two uprights to support the machine after it is adjusted, &c. C is a stationary table, upon which the book is placed endwise. D is a rotating, reciprocating, or vibratin g arm,which arm supports the pawls f to operate the gures. E is a cam or cam-shaped piece which operates the arm D to give to the pawls the requisite motion and time of rest when the machine is in operation. Fis a cam to operate the inkingroller o. a a a a are cylinders or wheels upon which the figures or types are placed and showing their position. c is a stop-flange of the type cylinder or wheel, which is divided into parts corresponding with the figures. By these'divisions the cylinder is held in its place by a spring d. d is the spring, which holds the type cylinder or wheel in its place. e is a ratchet for operating the type cylinder or wheel by means of apawlf. fis apawl which operates the type-cylinder. g is a guide-flange of the type cylinder or Wheel for the pawl which operates the next cylinder to rest upon or be guided by, so as not to operate the next series of ligures till the notch in the guide` flange will allow it to do so. h is a notch in the Onicle-iiange y. i is a subdivision in the stop-ilange, into which the spring d catches when the machine is being set before commencing operation, so as to have an empty space and to be able to commence with one figure, as shown at k. 7c is the place where the combination of figures is formed. m is the inking-table. o is the inking-roller. p is a joint in the arm which carries the inking-roller. q is a faceplace, showing only part of it, to receive the article to be numbered and relieve it from the type after it has been printed. r is an opening in the face-plate, through which the types print. s is the platen, which gives the impression. t is a joint in the table, upon which the book is placed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the machine. a aA a a are the type cylinders or wheels. b b b b are projecting anges of the cylinders. cis a stop-flange. e is a ratchet. g is the guide-flange. m is the inking-table. n is a spring attached to the inkingtable to hold it in its place and allow it to be raised when ink is being applied. 0 is the inlring-roller. p is a joint in the roller-arm; q, a vibrating faceplate. s is the platen. C is the table upon which the book is placed. is a joint in the table C.

Fig. 3 is a side View of the type cylinders or wheels, showing the pawls and stop-fingers. ffff are the pawls. Z Z are the stop-lingers. D is an arm which supports the pawls.

Fig. 4 is a back view of part of the machine, showing the two cams which operate the pawls and the inking-roller, respectively. D is an arm which supports the pawls, or by which the pawls are carried. E is a cam which operates the arm D. F is a cam which operates the inking-roller. G is a ratchet to operate the inking-table m, Figs. l and 2. Il is an arm which works in the cam F, by which the inking-roller is operated.

Fig. 5 shows the arrangement of figures on the unit type cylinder or wheel when it is intended to number all odds. 7i 71 are notches in the guide-flange of the unit type cylinder or wheel.

. Fig. 6 shows the arrangement of the unit type cylinder or wheel when none but even combinations are required. 7i 7i are notches in the guide-flange.

Fig. 7 shows the position of the machine when it is laid on itsl back. C is the table. q is the faceplate. t is where the table C is j ointcd and hinged.

Fig. S shows the position of the type-wheels when the machine is made double, so as to print two pages (the one the odd and the other the even number) at one operation.

The nature of my invention consists in having the pawl which operates a succeeding cylinder or type-wheel to be supported by a guide-ilange ot' the preceding cylinder or wheel till a notch in said guide-ange shall allow the pawl which operates the succeeding 2 laoa cylinder or type-wheel to drop into the ratchet of said succeeding wheel and move it, and thus produce combinations of figures. Ot course I lay no claim to producing combinations by means ot movable figures. I only claim the peculiar combination ot means or mechanical contrivance to produce such combinations of movable figures. The third and succeeding pawls have each a stop-finger or projection which rests on the preceding pawl, so that all those pawls which have a stop- 'finger can be supported by the preceding pawl, or the second pawl can support all the succeeding pawls by means of the stop-fin gers or projections, which support is necessary when the notch or notches in the guide flange or flanges come under the pawls, which pawls must be supported till the notch in the guide-flange ot the unit-wheel allows them to drop down into the ratchet of their respective wheels. -Said pawls are attached to a rotating, reciprocating', or vibrating arm, which said arm is operated by a cam or cam-shaped piece, so as to give to the pawls the requisite motion and time of rest. I arrange the figures so as to move around an inking-table.

The arm which holds and carries the inking-roller I provide with a spring-hin ge, so as to allow the arm, with the inliing-roller, to be pressed down when required and to regain its former position when relieved.

To the inkingftable shaft I afiix a spring, which draws the inking-table to and keeps it in its proper position and allows it to be raised when ink is being applied to the table.

For producing only odd combinations I provide the unit cylinder or wheel with two sets ot odd units-viz., l 3 5 7 tl, l 3 5 Sl-as shown, Fig. 5, so that the number of figures yand divisions on this unit cylinder or wheel for counting odd numbers shall correspond with the numbers or iigures and divisions on the wheels which count t-he tens, hundreds, dsc. The guide-Gange of the unit-wheel for counting only odd numbers has two notches, one notch for each set ot unit odds.

For producing only even numbers I place two sets of even units on the unit-wheelviz., 2 4 6 8 O, 2 4 G S O-as shown,Fig. 6, and provide the guide-flange with two notches, one notch for each set of even units, Fig. 6. I make the machine adjustable to a stationary table, so that it can be raised or lowered to accommodate the size ot' the book. Said table I joint and hinge together, so that it can be turned down when the machine is being used in a horizontal position.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I shall further describe its construction and operation.

I fit a numller of cylinders or wheels d Ct a a, Figs. l and 2, of suitable dimensions, together in such a manner that one shall surround another or be within another, thus forming, as it were, a nest of cylinders or Wheels, each cylinder or wheel having a stopiiange c, a ratchet c, and a guide-liange g.

. series of figures.

The stop-flange c and ratchet c I divide into ten equal parts each. The type cylinders or wheels are held in their properv position by springs catching into the divisions of the stopiange, as shown d, Fig. l, and they are operated by means of pawls f and the ratchets e. The guide-flange has but one notch 71., Fig. l, when the machine is made to count odd and even alternately. ports the pawl which operates the next cylinder or wheel till the notch 7L in the guideflange allows the pawl to drop into the ratchet of the next cylinder. Each cylinder or wheel is to be provided with a stop-flange, a ratchet, a guide-lian ge, (except the last cylinder, which needs no guide-fiange,) a pawl to operate it, and a stop-spring to hold it in its place.

rlhe face of the cylinder I divide into ten equal parts, and place on those ten divisions of eachcylinderthefigu res l, 3, et, 5, G, '7, S, 9, O, each figure to correspond with a notch in the stop-flange and a notch in the ratchet. One of these ten divisions in the stop-flange C I divide again into two equal parts t', Fig. l, into which the stop-spring d, Fig. l, catches when the machine is being set before eon1- meneing operation, so that no other figures will show, except those which coun t, as shown at 7a, Fig. I, where the first cylinder has moved from the commencing-place and counted one, (l.) lVhen the `first cylinder has counted nine, (9,) then by the next move the second pawl,'which has been resting on the guideflange of the first cylinder will drop into the ratchet of the second cylinder or wheel which counts the tens, and when the odd of the first cylinder comes opposite the ligure one (l) ot' the second cylinder then both will move together to the proper place and count ten, (10.) In this manner the first cylinder by each revolution will move the second cylinder one figure till they count ninety-nine, (99,) when at the next move the third pawl, which thus far has been resting on the guide-flange ot' the second cylinder, or having been supported by the second pawl by means of a stop-finger Z, Fig. 3, during the tenth revolution of the unit-cylinder, as will soon be more fully explained, will drop into the ratchet of the third cylinder and then move the three cylin ders or wheels and count one hund red, (100.) In this manner it will operate until the last cylinder or wheel has moved around, when the machine will have to be set again. The third pawl has a stop-finger l, Fig. 3, which rests on the second pawl, thus causing the third pawl to be supported by the second pawl when the notch in the guide-flange ot' the second cylinder is brought under the pawls, when it counts ninety, (90,) the second pawl supporting the third pawl by means of vsaid stop-finger on the third pawl during the tenth revolution of the unit-cylinder or unit Each succeeding` pawl after the second pawl must have a stop-finger to rest on the preceding pawl for the reason al ready explained. The pawls I attach to a ro Said guidc-llange sup-V tating reciprocating or vibrating arm D, Fig. 1L. Said arm D is operated by a cam or calnshaped piece E, Fig. a, which cam E gives to the arm D and pawls ffff, Fig. 8, their requisite motion and time ofrest when the machine is being used. Any number of cylinders or series of igures may be used, accordin g as high as you wish to count with them.

Vhen the machine is to count only odd numbers or only even numbers, then the guide iiange of the unit-cylinder has two notches 7L 71, Figs. 5 and 6, and the unit cylinder or wh eel has 'two sets of unitfigures either all odd, Fig. 5, or all even, Fig. G, as has already been explained in the nature of my invention. The figures for the combinations of numbers are reversed, as shown in the drawings, when the machine is made for printing purposes, such as numbering the pages of blank books, for numbering bank bills, checks, railroad and other tickets, &c.

Then the machine is made for registering or counting, then the figures should be obverse and the construction of the machine be made accordingly.

Vhen the machine is made for printing purpose, then I place a round disk or inkingtable W1, Figs. I and 2, into the type cylinder or wheels, so that the inking-table shall be surrounded by the figures or type. I attach a spring n, Fig. 2, to the shaft of the inkingtable m to keep said inking-table in its proper position and allow it to be raised when ink is being applied to it. I affix an inking-roller o, Figs. l and Z, to a jointed arm p, Figs. I and v2, to be operated by a cam F, Figs. l and a, to

take ink from the inking-table and ink the type. A face-plate q, Figs l, 2, and 7, is attached to the machine in such a manner that it shall allow the inking-roller o to pass under it to take ink from the table and then ink the type. Said face-plate has an opening' r, Fig. l. Upon this face-place and directly over this opening r is that part of the article laid which is to be numbered, when the platen s,

Figs. l and 2, will carry it down with the faceplate and print it and then relieve it from the type after it has been print-ed. The joint 2J, Figs. l and 2, in the roller-arm will allow the roller o to be pressed down when the impression is given, so as not to interfere with the face-plate. Said platen s may be operated by any suitable means, such as a lever, toggles, tbc., which is likewise connected with the two cams E and F, Fig. a, and thus the whole machine is set in motion. For paging blank books already bound I place the face ot' the type vertically and make the machine adjustable to a stationary table c, so that the machine can be raised from or lowered to the said table c, to suit the size of the book.

The adjustability of the machine is shown in Fig. l. A is the machine. B are two uprights of a stationary table C. Said two uprights hold the nia-chine in its proper place atter it is adjusted by means of screws. The book Whose pages are to be numbered is placed on the table c, and' the corners of the pages are laid consecutively or held over the opening r of the face-plate q, where they are numbered. The table c is jointed and hinged as shown at t, Figs. 1,2, and '7,so that the machine can be laid on its back, and this table c be turned down, so as to come in line with the face-plate q, as shown, Fig. 7, which position of the machine is more convenient for numbering the pages of sheets or other purposes.

Then the machine is used for paging bound blank books, to prevent the blurring of the numbers while printing, all the odd numbers may be printedA first, and after these are dry all the even numbers may be printed, or,viee versa, by using those unit cylinders or wheels prepared for that purpose, (shown in Figs. 5 and 6,) which have already been explained.

The machine may be made double With two sets of type cylinders or Wheels for paging books already bound, the one set of cylinders to print the odd numbers and the other set to print the even numbers, in which case two pages can be printed at one operation, as shown in Fig. S.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

I wish it to be understood that I lay no claim to producing combinations by means of movable figures in whatever position they may be placed; but

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The guide-.flange or guide-flanges,in combination with the pawls, stop-finger or stopingers, and ratchet, for the purpose as herein fully described.

2. The cam or cam-shaped piece E, in combination with a rotating reciprocating or vibrating arm D and pawls f, for the purpose of operating movable series of figures, so as to produce different combinations and giving to them by the means of the cam E the requisite motion and time of rest when the machine is in operation.

The combination of the hiking-table being surrounded by the iigures or characters to be printed.

4. The combination of the inking-table and spring, for the purpose herein described.

5. The combination of the spring hinge o1' joint with the roller-arm, for the purpose described.

G. The mode of adjustment by raising or lowering the machine, in the manner and for the purpose described.

F. O. DEGENER.

XVitiiesses:

Guo. P. GORDON, JOHN VEBSTER. 

